POXVIRIDAE AND PICRONAVIRIDAE QUIZ

The transport medium for Vibrio cholerae can be

Nutrient broth

Venkatraman-Ramakrishnan medium

Tetrathionate broth

Selenite F broth

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Which of the followings can be used to differentiate between classical and El Tor biotypes of Vibrio cholerae?

Sensitivity to Mukerjee's group IV phage

Sensitivity to polymyxin B

All of these

Agglutination of fowl RBCs

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Acute diarrhoeal disease resembling cholera can be caused due to

V. alginolyticus

Aeromonas hydrophila

All of these

Vibrio vulnificus

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Which of the following conditions can be caused by Plesiomonas?

All of these

Septicaemia

Gastroenteritis

Cellulites

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Which of the following bacteria is associated with food poisoning due to consumption of sea fish?

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

V alginolyticus

V vulnificus

All of these

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The DNA coding for the production of cholera toxin in Vibrio cholerae is on the

chromosome

plasmid

phage

transposon

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The halophilic bacteria is/are

V. vulnificus

All of these

V. alginolyticus

Vibrio parahaemolyticus

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The test(s) used for the assay of cholera toxin is/are

Morphological changes in Chinese hamster ovary cells

Radioimmunoassay

All of these

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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Which of the following toxin resembles cholera toxin?

Labile toxin of Escherichia coli

Tetanus toxin

Stable toxin of E. coli

Diphtheria toxin

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Which of the following medium are used to differentiate the colonies of Vibrio cholerae and V parahaemolyticus?

Thiosulphate-citrate-bile-sucrose

MacConkey

Alkaline bile salt

All of these

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